Let's go NHL 08-09!

stickboy

can you get here already???

guess we can make this the official nhl thread for news, trades, updates, etc.

Starting with now: TB Lightning makes a deal

The team that finished last in the NHL in 2007-08 continued the off-season overhaul Friday night by dealing defensemen Filip Kuba, Alexandre Picard and a 2009 first-round draft pick to the Ottawa Senators for restricted free-agent blue liner Andrej Meszaros.

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=380907

Indian Summer

Dude! Football is here. Go. Watch.

stickboy

Indian Summer wrote:

Dude! Football is here. Go. Watch.

I know I know..Im anxious for that too! but we need an nhl thread anyways to keep track of shit for the diehards. We have an Oilers, Rangers, Penguins, Flyers, Canadiens, Leafs and Avs thread as far as I know right now so why not make one for just everyone esp the teams without a thread

nocode23

Hockey:DHockey:DHockey:D

stickboy

nocode23 wrote:

Hockey:DHockey:DHockey:D

damn straight!
bout a month away and training camps should be opening real soon!

greaticedtea

i love hockey but sometimes i dont know if its for better or worse when the season starts because well...the rangers can be just so damn frustrating

stickboy

Maple Leafs trade McCabe to the Panthers for Mike Van Ryn?
Stephen Yelle to the Bruins

http://www.nhl.com/

LeaderOfMen

Yahoo is taking forever to launch there fantasy hockey pool. Blackhawks vs Penguins in the Stanley Cup finals.

stickboy

hell no!
paybacks gonna have to be a bitch this yr so Naslund is gonn have to stick it to his former team

Rangers vs Red Wings for the cup!

HailHailVitalogy

http://www.mrmilkman.com/uploads/gortonsfishsticks.jpg

ToadJode

Sooooooooooooooooooooo ready for hockey season......after football.

stickboy

HailHailVitalogy wrote:

http://www.mrmilkman.com/uploads/gortonsfishsticks.jpg

lol!
that ones for Screamer

greaticedtea

stickboy wrote:

hell no!
paybacks gonna have to be a bitch this yr so Naslund is gonn have to stick it to his former team

Rangers vs Red Wings for the cup!

dude how sweet it would be

leafs4ever

19 days till preseason and i can't wait... going to be a good year to just watch some hockey. My team isn't going to do much but it'll still be fun to watch them progress (play hard and i'll be happy guys). I'm going to do an early prediction of the same finals as last season, with the wings repeating.

As for news...
apparently the wings have all but signed Chelios to a 1 year extension. This dude is crazy, will be playing in the nhl until atleast 48 years old. Insane!!!

http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2008/09/wings_close_to_twoyear_deal_wi.html


edit: Go Leafs Go

Drowned Out

stickboy wrote:

hell no!
paybacks gonna have to be a bitch this yr so Naslund is gonn have to stick it to his former team

Rangers vs Red Wings for the cup!

you'd get spanked
damn the wings are stacked.

leafs4ever wrote:

As for news...
apparently the wings have all but signed Chelios to a 1 year extension. This dude is crazy, will be playing in the nhl until atleast 48 years old. Insane!!!

http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/2008/09/wings_close_to_twoyear_deal_wi.html


edit: Go Leafs Go

ya, Chelios is crazy...he's a robot or something. He's still effective. I don't get it.
I will never tire of this picture:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v127/DrownedOut/photo/aic.jpg

This one is for you leafs4ever:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v127/DrownedOut/n518121361_592124_3882.jpg

For the Flames fans:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v127/DrownedOut/untitled-1.jpg

....and just to beat you all to the punch:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v127/DrownedOut/PrettySad2.jpg

g under p

I'm betting an original six will win the Stanley cup.

Peace

stickboy

Drowned Out wrote:

you'd get spanked
damn the wings are stacked.





ya, Chelios is crazy...he's a robot or something. He's still effective. I don't get it.
I will never tire of this picture:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v127/DrownedOut/photo/aic.jpg

This one is for you leafs4ever:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v127/DrownedOut/n518121361_592124_3882.jpg

For the Flames fans:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v127/DrownedOut/untitled-1.jpg

....and just to beat you all to the punch:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v127/DrownedOut/PrettySad2.jpg

Theres gotta be a point where there demise starts right?? They been good since like early mid 90's already and despite finishing 1st they always have these prospects coming out the woodworks?!?!? wtf??
well if we make it to the Cup Finals I'll still be happy either way!

Drowned Out

stickboy wrote:

Theres gotta be a point where there demise starts right?? They been good since like early mid 90's already and despite finishing 1st they always have these prospects coming out the woodworks?!?!? wtf??
well if we make it to the Cup Finals I'll still be happy either way!

It's hard to be happy after you lose (the bar I was at for Game 7 '05 was like bein at a fuckin wake)....but man it's a fun ride....drunk three nights a week for two months straight

I don't know when the Wings will start to slip...they are def THE model for all NHL teams. Scouting, development, coaching and management are all top notch. And because they're so good, they have no problem getting guys like Hossa to sign there. Funny...their fans are so spoiled that they dont' even have their own thread here, and if I'm not mistaken, they were having trouble filling Joe Louis last year.

Slip Kid

The Rangers will suck this year also

stickboy

Slip Kid wrote:

The Rangers will suck this year also

not as bad as your devils tho

they went out in what...the 1st round?

against

huh

THE NEW YORK RANGERS!

you know what must REALLY suck for the devils?? they got a brand new arena which is usually even emptier than the last one and is always taken over by Ranger fans during their meetings.

Hey kyle, the problem with their attendance is that Detroit has a bad economy I guess and that area isn't so great supposedly from what I've read...I dunno.

Slip Kid

Yeah I know, my Devils ain't doing so good. They haven't been in some time now.

stickboy

Slip Kid wrote:

Yeah I know, my Devils ain't doing so good. They haven't been in some time now.

and your boy MahrTEHN Brodeww isnt getting any younger either so yall btter start worrying about a goalie pretty soon too

Slip Kid

stickboy wrote:

and your boy MahrTEHN Brodeww isnt getting any younger either so yall btter start worrying about a goalie pretty soon too

Now you're just stating the obvious. You want a cookie?

Cree Nations

OIl....oil....oil....oil.....Oiiiiiiiiilllllllllleeeeeeeerrrrrrrssssssss.

On different note, I just read that the Habs are going to have their own outdoor game this year. Cool. Im not sure though if those frenchies will be able to take it.....Edmontons -25 C Outdoor game was insane and their goalie had to wear at toque......;) .....:p

Rygar

Cree Nations wrote:

OIl....oil....oil....oil.....Oiiiiiiiiilllllllllleeeeeeeerrrrrrrssssssss.

On different note, I just read that the Habs are going to have their own outdoor game this year. Cool. Im not sure though if those frenchies will be able to take it.....Edmontons -25 C Outdoor game was insane and their goalie had to wear at toque......;) .....:p

The frenchies can handle it, don't you worry
You're just jealous that it was -25°C AND you lost the game, haha!

Cree Nations

Rygar wrote:

The frenchies can handle it, don't you worry
You're just jealous that it was -25°C AND you lost the game, haha!

up yours, everyone who was there knows that Gretz had a bunion the size of an egg and that Mess's Hemaroids were acting up.
ps. and the flower was raging on steroids that day

Rygar

Cree Nations wrote:

up yours, everyone who was there knows that Gretz had a bunion the size of an egg and that Mess's Hemaroids were acting up.

You guys won the oldie shuffle

Cree Nations

Rygar wrote:

You guys won the oldie shuffle

it was comforting

Rygar

Cree Nations wrote:

it was comforting

I was happy for the 2 pts.
I knew Wayne was playing so we had no chance besides reanimating the Rocket.

Stelly

Can't wait for hockey season!

Go Sabres!!

Hawkshore

Trevor's 16 being retired!

And I have the game as part of my ice pack FUCK YEAH!!! ....No way I would miss that one!

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=51dc0a89-882b-4ee0-b2aa-8b85912e741b

Friday » September 5 » 2008

Linden 'honoured' by jersey retirement
Canucks schedule Dec. 17 as 'Trevor Linden Night' at GM Place

Elliott Pap
Vancouver Sun


Thursday, September 04, 2008



CREDIT: Steve Bosch/Vancouver Sun
Vancouver Canucks will retire Trevor Linden's jersey on Dec. 17.

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks made official Thursday what many have suspected since the final moments of last season: they're going to retire Trevor Linden's No. 16 jersey.

The big event will take place Dec. 17 at GM Place.

"It's going to be exciting," Linden said Thursday at a press conference to formally announce Trevor Linden Night. "I'm going to be a bit nervous but sharing that with our fans, my friends, my family and my teammates, or ex-teammates, will be very special."

Linden was made aware of the club's intentions several weeks ago when Canucks CEO Chris Zimmerman told him what was in the works. He admitted he was both humbled and grateful.

He will join Stan Smyl as the only other Canuck to have his jersey raised to the rafters. Smyl's No. 12 was retired in 1991.

The late Wayne Maki's No. 11 had also been taken out of use, but was brought back into circulation when Mark Messier joined the Canucks in 1997. That number hasn't been used since Messier left Vancouver in 2000.



Linden spent 16 of his 19 NHL seasons in a Canuck uniform. He was drafted second overall in 1988 and was team captain for seven seasons, leading the Canucks to the 1994 Stanley Cup final where they fell to the New York Rangers in seven games.

"To play for this great franchise as long as I have feel very lucky," Linden said. "And to play in this province and city was a real honour."

Defenceman Mattias Ohlund, one of Linden's closest friends on the team, feels the jersey retirement is a great tribute to a great warrior.

"It's great for him and well deserved," said Ohlund, Linden's long-time roommate on the road. "He was a big, big part of this team for a long time and I'm so happy for him.

"It's going to be a fun night."

Ohlund and Linden often car-pooled to practice and to the airport so they bonded in many ways over the years despite their age difference. Linden is 38, Ohlund 32.

"We all know what kind of hockey player Trevor is but he's a great person with a big heart," added Ohlund. "He makes everybody around him feel comfortable."

Willie Mitchell was a teammate of Linden for two seasons and an ardent foe before that during his days with the Minnesota Wild. Mitchell has nothing but respect for the Medicine Hat native.

"What's not to say about him?" Mitchell commented. "I think we've all said it and we all know it. He's what the Canucks are all about.

"He was really proud to wear the jersey and proud to be a part of the organization. Not only that, he was proud to be a part of the community, not just in Vancouver but around British Columbia."

epap@vancouversun.com